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Six bodies of Mumbai Chabad victims arrive in Israel
By Yair Ettinger and Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: israel news, satmar hasidism 

An Israel Air Force plane carrying the remains of six Israelis and Jews who were killed in the attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai last week landed at Ben Gurion Airport late Monday night.

Four of the coffins were wrapped in an Israeli flag while that of Aryeh Leibish Teitelboim and Norma Schwarbird-Rabinovich, a Mexican citizen, were wrapped in the traditional Jewish prayer shawl.

Teitelboim's family has rejected Israel's offer to hold an official memorial ceremony for him along with the other Jewish and Israeli fatalities.
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The family has also said that it does not want Teitelboim's coffin wrapped in an Israeli flag before it is boarded onto the plane in India later Monday, as those of the other Jewish and Israeli victims will be.

Teitelboim's relatives and members of his Toldot Avraham Yitzhak community have also asked that his coffin not be included in the official ceremony which will be held upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport.

Teitelboim grew up a member of the Hasidic Satmar sect and married into the Toldot Avraham Yitzhak sect - two communities which oppose Zionism and do not recognize the State of Israel.

Teitelboim, who holds an American passport along with many other Satmar followers in Israel, disavowed his Israeli citizenship despite residing in Jerusalem. His wife and eight children hold Israeli citizenship.

"The murder victim was educated in the ways of Satmar, which opposes the State of Israel," one of Teitelboim's relatives told Haaretz. "How can he turn into a symbol of the State of Israel? The family is very concerned about what will happen here at the ceremony. They are angry about the whole matter, it is a very sensitive issue."

Teitelboim's funeral will be held in Jerusalem and is expected to be attended by hundreds of Hasidic followers. The esteemed Toldot Avraham Yitzhak rabbi has cut short his visit to the United States in order to attend.

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      1.   What is the difference between Satmar and 13:56  |  Aphemia 01/12/08
      2.   Satmar 14:08  |  Barry 01/12/08
      3.   Leave the body in India 14:08  |  Seth 01/12/08
      4.   Answer to 1 14:25  |  Settler 01/12/08
      5.   He disavowed his Israeli citizenship, but not his 8 kids and wife 14:47  |  Hannah 01/12/08
      6.   Satmer vs NK 14:53  |  A Poilisher Chusid 01/12/08
      7.   Israel killed him 15:21  |  Bitin Dawg 01/12/08
      8.   Family can`t have it both ways. 15:33  |  Raymond in DC 01/12/08
      9.   #3 Seth 16:07  |  MR 01/12/08
      10.   Satmar and lehavdil Naturei Karta 16:10  |  Joe 01/12/08
      11.   Jews should tollerate religious freedom 16:33  |  Jonathan 01/12/08
      12.   Seth, Satmar, State 16:44  |  Jacob 01/12/08
      13.   Thank you, Seth 16:46  |  aviv 01/12/08
      14.   Politics and P`tira don`t mix 16:51  |  Dave 01/12/08
      15.   Same Jews! 17:02  |  Chris 01/12/08
      16.   WHICH ISRAEL DOES ISRAELI FLAG REPRESENT? 17:08  |  Barry S. Roffman 01/12/08
      17.   Seth 17:10  |  fk 01/12/08
      18.   #6, satmar vs NK 17:33  |  amihai 01/12/08
      19.   American Jew Israeli flag? 17:39  |  tulli 01/12/08
      20.   The Bigger Point 17:43  |  Brad 01/12/08
      21.   How we have sunk, leave them alone with their grief. 17:49  |  Harvey 01/12/08
      22.   Answer to 3 17:54  |  Shaul 01/12/08
      23.   Why bring up reasons of dispute during a time of unity 18:13  |  Dani 01/12/08
      24.   Satmar 18:14  |  Yacoub 01/12/08
      25.   Chabad Victim 18:17  |  Steve Gure 01/12/08
      26.   THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR 18:48  |  Robert 01/12/08
      27.   Response to #3 and #11 18:49  |  Daniel Breslauer 01/12/08
      28.   Seth`s disturbing comment 18:50  |  Mike 01/12/08
      29.   Neturei Karta 19:06  |  Feivel 01/12/08
      30.   Is being anti-Zionist wrong? 19:07  |  Paul 01/12/08
      31.   Mike - Somewhere 19:15  |  awbmore@ 01/12/08
      32.   Aryeh Leibish Teitelboim z"l iwas one of us. 19:19  |  17 01/12/08
      33.   Thank you Dave and Mike 19:31  |  Serge 01/12/08
      34.   #3 Seth. 19:36  |  Maureen Ann 01/12/08
      35.   Did he or his family pay taxes? 19:50  |  Gregor 01/12/08
      36.   Let the Americans deal with the corpse 19:51  |  Adam 01/12/08
      37.   This should not be a story 20:04  |  AP 01/12/08
      38.   Gregor, they don`t usually pay taxes 20:08  |  Hannah 01/12/08
      39.   Re: leave the body in India 20:25  |  Diana 01/12/08
      40.   cut all NII payments (generous Israeli family support welfare) 21:13  |  mike 01/12/08
      41.   RE #2 "Satmar" 21:22  |  mike 01/12/08
      42.   ISRAEL FLAG REPRESENTS FREEING 250 TERRORISTS THE DAY AFTER 21:34  |  Harold Goldrich 01/12/08
      43.   #41 you are right. 21:44  |  tal 01/12/08
      44.   Let the poor man rest in peace 22:33  |  Sara 01/12/08
      45.   To Seth, Mike #41, and Tal.. 23:07  |  fred 01/12/08
      46.   #21 Harvey - You are so right - shameful words 23:23  |  Manny Goldstein 01/12/08
      47.   Satmars at Lubavich House in Mumbai 23:48  |  Ed 01/12/08
      48.   Family brings in more us dollars then anyone posting 00:14  |  Sarah 02/12/08
      49.   My deepest Condolences 00:54  |  Sami 02/12/08
      50.   Family should pay for flight then bury him in Eastern Europe 01:18  |  Stifler 02/12/08
      51.   #37 AP I fully agree 01:20  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/12/08
      52.   satmar 01:24  |  jb 02/12/08
      53.   satmat santamaria rebbe yoel teitelbaum 02:10  |  alan kruger 02/12/08
      54.   Charity for the orphans 02:24  |  Shimon 02/12/08
      55.   Six bodies of Mumbai Chabad victims arrive in Israel 02:34  |  Dan 02/12/08
      56.   Mumbai jews victims arrive in Israel,and we are playing nonsens 02:53  |  jacobo lashak-korogo 02/12/08
      57.   Yismach Moshe is turning over in his grave 03:50  |  Moshe 02/12/08
      58.   Dan 07:15  |  Joshua 02/12/08
      59.   They were murdered as foreign nationals not a sJews 08:53  |  Danny 02/12/08
      60.   Reply to #59 Kedoshim! 13:36  |  Joe 02/12/08
      61.   Reply to # 57 Chabad and Zionism 13:41  |  Motic 02/12/08
      62.   Leave the body in India? 13:46  |  Joseph 02/12/08
      63.   Reply to # 47 Politics aside 13:52  |  Joe 02/12/08
      64.   Torah view of Six bodies of Mumbai Chabad victims 18:22  |  Yeshaya 02/12/08
      65.   To 45. Is Mr.Teitelbaum a Jewish Hero? 19:47  |  Ben 02/12/08
      66.   to seth 00:39  |  eli 03/12/08
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